2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was supposed to be the 14th edition of the biennial African international women's association football tournament organized by CAF. This would have been the first edition to have 12 teams compete in the main phase of the tournament as opposed to 8 from previous seasons.

2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations féminine de football 2020
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
(originally 23 November – 20 December 2020)
Teams12 (planned) (from 1 confederation)

CAF decided to cancel this edition of the tournament on 30 June 2020 at an executive virtual meeting, citing "challenging conditions" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and rather approve the creation of the CAF Women's Champions League which began in November 2021. Subsequently, the men's edition scheduled to take place the following year was moved to January 2022, while the 2020 African Nations Championship was postponed to April 2021.[1]

The tournament was earlier scheduled to take place between 23 November to 20 December 2020, and would originally be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.[2] Nigeria were the defending champions.

Host selection

The Republic of the Congo were named as the hosts in September 2018,[3] but withdrew in July the following year.[4]

No official replacement hosts were named by the CAF before its cancellation, although sources mentioned Tunisia,[5] Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea as possible hosts with no official confirmation given.[6]

Qualification
Main article: 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Thirty-six out of the 54 CAF nations entered their women's national teams into the qualification rounds which were scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 before being initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and eventually cancelled.

References
  1. Ahmadu, Samuel (30 June 2020). "Caf cancels 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations, launches Women's Champions League". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAFOnline.com. 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018. Designation of host countries for upcoming competitions: Total Women's AFCON 2020 : Congo
  4. Ahmadu, Samuel (17 July 2019). "Caf expands African Women's Cup of Nations to 12 teams". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. "Namibia to face Zambia, Botswana in Women's Afcon qualifiers as Caf releases fixtures". Press Reader. Windhoek, Namibia. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. Ahmadu, Samuel (10 January 2020). "Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea bid to host the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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